 Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach...  Oliver Cromwell: An Historical Romance - Sida 40efter Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 360 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1842 - 602 sidor
...« not slow and dull, but of a quick, « ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent , subtle and « sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach...point the « highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the « studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so an« cient and so eminent... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - 312 sidor
..." ingenious, and piercing spirit : acute to invent, sub" tie and sinewy to discourse ; not benenth the reach " of any point the highest that human capacity can " soar to. What wants there to such a towardly " and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers " to make... | |
 | 1843 - 454 sidor
...Commons of England I consider what a nation it is whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. . What wants there to such towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing... | |
 | LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - 652 sidor
...nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing ' spirit — acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not ' beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capa' city can soar to. What wants there to such a towardly and ' pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
 | 1844 - 702 sidor
...nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing ' spirit — acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not ' beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capa' city can soar to. What wants there to such a towardly and ' pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 sidor
...nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subfile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 sidor
...not slow and dulf7T>ut~oT a 'quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile aijd sinewy "to discourse, not beneath the reach of any...point the highest that human capacity .can soar to. Tbaccfi^re the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among... | |
 | 1846 - 502 sidor
...Milton bestowed upon their forefathers — " a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, inquiring, and piercing spirit, — acute to invent, subtile...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." The British Newspaper Press has of late years done a great deal, a very great deal, to vindicate its... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 568 sidor
...consider what nation it is whereof ye jare, and whereof ye are the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of a ;quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 sidor
...Giles's, Cripplegate.] dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among... | |
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